March 27-March 31st

1st Period: Junior High Ag
Monday: Finish FFA New Horizons activities
Tuesday: Introduce Montana County Ag Project and pick counties
Wednesday-Friday: Montana County Ag Project

Name:_____________________

Montana County Ag Project

Description: Montana’s number 1 industry is agriculture and we rank #2 in the US with lands in farms and ranches-which totals nearly 61 million acres! To discover more about Montana’s agriculture industry each of you will research and create a “county ag map” for 3 different counties.  This is a chance for you to learn about the different agriculture in Montana as well as express your creative side!

                                            

Requirements for project:

□□□Name of county

□□□Outline of county map

□□□Pictures/symbols of main agricultural products: Either drawn or printed out and must have color!

□□□ Key/Legend: Describes what each picture/symbol represents

□□□ Statistics: How much of each crop is grown/produced?  What are the numbers of livestock raised? How does your county rank in comparison to other counties in Montana? Amount of money the county makes off of agricultural products. Any other stats/interesting facts you find that relate to agriculture in your county.

□□□ Sources: Websites, articles, newspaper, journals, books, encyclopedia, etc. Type these sources on a separate piece of paper to be handed in with your final project. You must have at least 3 sources!

***Take your time and make these maps neat and complete…I will be hanging them in the classroom!

Rubric for County Map

Name of County 2pts x3                                                                                           /6

Outline of County 5pts x3                                                                                        /15

Pictures/Symbols 15pts x3                                                                                        /45

Key/Legend 15pts x3                                                                                                            /45

Statistics 20pts x3                                                                                                      /60

Sources 10pts                                                                                                             /10

Overall Quality/Presentation 20pts                                                                          /20

(neatness, volume, clarity, eye contact)

Total                                                                                                                           /201

2nd Period: Floriculture
Monday: Plant ID Notebook
Tuesday: Floriculture Tool ID
Wednesday: Read Unit 7 and answer questions at end of Unit
Thursday: Read Unit 8 and answer questions
Friday: Practice tying bows

3rd Period: Animal Science 
Monday: Experiment Write Up-last day to work on the paper. Due Friday
Tuesday: Worm Dissection Preparation and Pre lab
Wednesday-Friday: Dissect Worms


5th Period: Ag Welding
Monday: Clean Shop
Tuesday-Friday: SMAW Vertical Fillet Weld


6th Period: Ag Woods
Monday-Friday: Individual shop projects


7th Period: Greenhouse Management
Monday-Tuesday: Transplant germinated seeds to mini greenhouse kit
Wednesday-Friday: Flower Anatomy

March 13-17

1st Period: Junior High Ag
Monday-Wednesday: "Fast Lane Ends" paper/summary (5 paragraph paper)
Thursday-Friday: Ag Mag: Beef (read and discuss magazine)

2nd Period: Floriculture
Monday: Unit 6: Questions
Tuesday: Floriculture Tool ID
Wednesday: Floricutlure Tool ID
Thursday: Unit 7: Selecting Wire and Wiring Flowers (read unit)
Friday: Finish reading and discuss Unit 7

3rd Period: Animal Science 
Monday-Friday: Animal saliva and bacteria experiment write up/report (following the FFA Agriscience Fair guidelines/requirements)


5th Period: Ag Welding
Monday-Friday: SMAW (Horizontal and Vertical Fillet welds)

6th Period: Ag Woods 
Monday-Friday: Individual shop projects


7th Period: Greenhouse Manangement 
Monday: Set up seed germination with various seeds in petri dishes
Tuesday-Friday: Work on Hall of Chapter display for FFA State Convention

March 6-10

1st Period: JH Agriculture

Monday: Present Livestock Project posters
Tuesday: Watch "Where the Fast Lane Ends" (take 10 notes)
Wednesday: Watch "Where the Fast Lane Ends" (take 10 notes)
Thursday-Friday: "Where the Fast Lane Ends"  Summary and opinion paper


2nd Period: Floriculture
Monday: Vocab Unit 6
Tuesday: Read Unit 6
Wednesday: Read Unit 6
Thursday: Unit 6 Questions
Friday: Unit 6 Questions

3rd Period: Animal Science

Monday: Examine bacteria slides in microscope
Tuesday-Friday: Experiment Write Up (using FFA Agri-science standards/outline)


5th Period: Ag Welding
Monday-Friday: SMAW Horizontal and Vertical Fillets


6th Period: Ag Woods
Monday-Friday: Individual shop projects

7th Period: Greenhouse Management 
Monday: Stem Anatomy
Tuesday: Stem Anatomy
Wednesday: Stem Anatomy
Thursday: Stem Anatomy Quiz
Friday: Plant ID

February 27-March 3

1st Period: JH Ag

Monday-Thursday: Students will be working on their Livestock Projects 

Friday: Livestock Projects Due (start presenting projects) 

2nd Period: Floriculture

Monday: Plant ID Notebooks 

Tuesday: Cover Letter 

Wednesday: Ski Day

Thursday: Read Unit 6: Mechanics and Supplies used in Floral Design 

Friday: Read Unit 6: Mechanics and Supplies used in Floral Design 

3rd Period: Animal Science

Monday: Examine bacteria and saliva through microscope

Tuesday: Examine bacteria and saliva through microscope
Wednesday-Friday: Experiment write up (lab report following the FFA Agriscience outline) 

5th Period: Ag Welding

Monday: SMAW: Horizontal Groove, Horizontal Fillet and Vertical Fillet

Tuesday: SMAW

Wednesday: SMAW

Thursday: SMAW

Friday: SMAW Horizontal Groove and Horizontal Fillet welds due 

6th Period: Ag Woods

Monday-Friday: Students are working on individual shop projects 

7th Period: Greenhouse Management

Monday: Leaf Anatomy 

Tuesday: Leaf Anatomy 

Wednesday: Plant ID Notebooks 

Thursday: Leaf Anatomy Quiz

Friday: Germinate seeds in petri dishes 

February 20-24

1st Period: JH Ag

Monday: "Call of the Quail" Read article from FFA New Horizons and complete activity
Tuesday: Animal Terminology Quiz
Wednesday-Friday: Livestock Project

Livestock Project

Directions: Each of you will choose a livestock animal to create a poster to share with the class.  Any pictures on the poster need to be printed out in color, or drawn with color.  All words on the poster must be typed out or written neatly with permanent marker.  Anything that is being glued on the poster needs to have backing paper (construction paper).  You will be sharing these with the class so make sure the words and pictures are big enough for everyone to see!!

You will need to include the following information on your poster:

□ Title: you can simply put the name of your livestock animal, or come up with something creative!

□ A picture of the animal you chose (if you have a specific breed make sure you have the correct picture)

□ What is the purpose of your animal? (think of food, fiber, work, and look on the internet for other uses too!) I would like at least 5 different uses of your animal, and if you put more, it will be extra credit

□ A picture that goes with each purpose. For example: if the purpose of your animal is meat, you could put a picture of a steak.  You will have a total of 5 pictures.

□ Do we raise this animal in Montana?

□ If we do raise this animal in Montana, where in the state is it raised? Include a picture of the county/town/region.                                                                                                     

□ Where did your animal originate?

□ A picture of where your animal originated

□ An interesting fact that you found while researching about your livestock animal!

** You will be graded on neatness, spelling/grammar/punctuation, and each requirement above! 

2nd Period: Floriculture

Monday: Plant ID
Tuesday-Wednesday: Resume
Thursday-Friday: Cover Letter


3rd Period: Animal Science 

Monday: Begin Filling in observations in tables for Trial 1 of experiment
Tuesday: Look at bacteria and saliva with microscope
Wednesday: Continue observations for Trial 2
Thursday-Friday: Experiment Write Up

5th Period: Ag Welding

Monday-Friday: SMAW Horizontal Groove, Horizontal and Vertical Fillet


6th Period: Ag Woods

Monday-Friday: Individual shop projects

7th Period: Greenhouse Management 

Monday:  Plant ID
Tuesday-Friday: Leaf Anatomy (PowerPoint and guided notes)

February 13-17

1st Period: Junior High Ag
Monday: Class Advisory Meetings
Tuesday: Animal Terminology PowerPoint and guided notes
Wednesday: Animal Terminology Review and basic care of livestock (PowerPoint and guided notes)
Thursday: Animal Terminology Quiz
Friday: No School

2nd Period: Floriculture
Monday: Plant ID Notebook
Tuesday: Students will be creating Resumes
Wednesday: Resumes continued
Thursday: Studnets will be creating Cover Letters
Friday: No School

3rd Period: Animal Science 
Monday: Experiment (Trial 2) Dog 2 and Cat 2
Tuesday: Experiment (Trial 2) Dog 1 and Cat 1
Wednesday-Thursday: Experiment observations (mount bacteria and saliva on slides and examine with microscope)
Friday: No School

5th Period: Ag Welding
Monday: SMAW (Flat and Horizontal Groove welds due on Wednesday)
Tuesday: SMAW
Wednesday: SMAW
Thursday: SMAW
Friday: No School

6th Period: Ag Woods
Monday-Thursday: Individual shop projects
Friday: No School

7th Period: Greenhouse Management 
Monday: Plant ID (observe/check germinated seeds)
Tuesday-Thursday: Leaf Anatomy (PowerPoint and guided notes)
Friday: No School

February 6-10

1st Period: Junior High Agriculture 

Monday-Wednesday: AET (Agricultural Experience Tracker) online source for tracking SAE (Supervised Agricultural Experience)
Thursday-Friday: FFA New Horizons Activity


2nd Period: Floriculture 

Monday-Wednesday: AET (Agricultural Experience Tracker) online source for tracking SAE (Supervised Agricultural Experience)
Thursday: Questions page 17
Friday: Plant ID Notebook

3rd Period: Animal Science 

Monday: Experiment with Dog 1
Tuesday: Experiment with Dog 2
Wednesday: Experiment with Cats 1 and 2
Thursday-Friday: AET (Agricultural Experience Tracker) online source for tracking SAE (Supervised Agricultural Experience)


5th Period: Ag Welding 

Monday-Wednesday: AET (Agricultural Experience Tracker) online source for tracking SAE (Supervised Agricultural Experience)
Thursday-Friday: SMAW (horizontal and flat groove, horizontal and vertical fillet)


6th Period: Ag Woods 

Monday-Wednesday: AET (Agricultural Experience Tracker) online source for tracking SAE (Supervised Agricultural Experience)
Thursday-Friday: Individual wood shop projects

7th Period: Greenhouse Management

Monday-Wednesday: AET (Agricultural Experience Tracker) online source for tracking SAE (Supervised Agricultural Experience)
Thursday: FFA New Horizons Activity
Friday: Plant ID Notebooks